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J. J. HOLLANDl PLOWl No. 249,727. Patented Nov. 15,1881.

WZTJVESSES i NTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH J. HOLLAND, OF MACY, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERBERT B. TALIAFERRO, OF SAME PLACE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,727, dated November 15, 1881.

Application filed Jluie 11, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. HOLLAND, of Macy, in the county of Brazos and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs,whicl1 form a partof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved plow. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the reversible doublepointed share, detached. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the reversible double-flan ged landside, detached, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of the plow.

Similar 'letters .of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The nature of myjimprovement will be fully understood by reference to the following description, and has for its object to produce a plow suitable for general purposes, of great durability and efficiency, and provided with a reversible share and landside, which are so arranged that while the point ofthe one and edge or ange of the other are being worn away or dulled the reversed point of the former and reversed edge or flange of the latter are being pointed and sharpened by contact with the soil through which the plow is driven, thus compensating for the wearing and dullness of the cutting-points and flanges in operation.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the plow-beam, and B its handles.

Gis the bar or stanchion, of malleable or wrought iron, the lower end or part of which is shaped to form the shoe or saddle G,which forms the support for the mold-board D and the share E, as will appear more readily by reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings. The saddle C has a vertical flange or rearwardly-projecting shoulder, G2, which forms, in part, the landside of the plow, but is recessed on its outward side or face to receive the detachable and reversible landside F. This consists of a thin steel plate, the parallel upper and lower edges of which are bent, so as to form flanges c and b, projecting ata suitable anglein opposite directions, the front part of the plate being cut away7 to form a-point, c, which will fit into a correspondingly-shaped recess in the lange or shoulder O2 of the saddle. By this means the landside-plate F may always be guided into its correct position, andthe recess, being deep enough to accommodate the thickness ofthe plate, will prevent the point of the latter from being worn prematurely away.

D is the mold-board, the landside end of which is turned up and sharpened to form a cutter or colter, D', which is in a line with the reversible landside F.

Eis the share, which is made of steel and has two points cut at corresponding angles, (about forty-five degrees, to avoid waste of metal in cutting a number of shares from one piece or strip of steel,) as shown at h h, the body of the share-plate E being made tapering from back to front, so as to present a sharp front ed ge, t', to the soil, and a raised shoulder, k, toward the contiguous edge of the moldboard, which eftectually prevents wear of the latter.

The mold-board, share, and landside are secured in their proper positions upon the saddle C C2 by means of bolts d d, inserted from the inner or under side and screwed into screwthreaded holes in the mold-board, share, and landside, respectively, after which the projecting threaded ends of the bolts are filed oft' flush with the surface, thus avoiding the use of nuts and making a neat and uished job.

I is an adjustable cutter or auxiliary colter, for clearing away trash and stubble in front of the share. This cutter is curved, as shown in the drawings, and extends laterally in a line with the rearward point, h, ot' the reversible sh are, so as to leave a clear track the full width of the furrow. Its upper straight arm I has a slot, l, by means of which it is clipped upon the plow-beam by the clip K, the ends of which project through the slot l and are nutted at m m, thus admitting of the vertical'as well as longitudinal adjustment of the cutter in re spect of the plow-beam.

In using this plow it will be seen that the rearward point of the reversible share, as well as the upper iiange of the reversible landside,

is sharpened by the wearing or grinding ac- IOO tion of the soil in the saine proportion as the front sh are-point and bottom ian ge of the landside are dulled from the same cause, so that by reversing the share and landside, whenever 5 occasion requires, the plow will be as good as new.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1o 1. The reversible landside for plows herein shown and described, composed of a dat plate, F, cut off straight at one end, having its parallel top and bottom edges turned in reverse directions to form the parallel top and bottom i5 flanges, co and b, and having a point, c, at its forward end, midway between said dan ges, substantially as and for the purposellerein shown and set forth.

2. In a plow, the combination ofthe saddle C, recessed at G2, and the reversible landsde zo F, having parallel top and bottom flanges, a and b, turned iu reverse directions, and terminating at one end in the point c, midway between said an ges, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described. 25

In 'testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. HOLLAND.

Witnesses:

HUGH REED, WILLIAM REED. 

